Daily Newsletter February 1, 2012
Today's Topic:Bacterial Gene Transfer
There are three types of bacterial gene transfer: Conjugation, Transduction and Transformation. While each allows for gene transfer between individual cells, the mechanisms are very different. The goal today is to understand the general mechanism behind each, and to delve deeper into one system which you find interesting.
Some additional resources:
Daily Challenge:
Provide a summary of mechanisms responsible for transduction, transformation and conjugation (there is enough to write a paragraph, minimum 3 sentences, about each form of gene transfer). Pick one form of gene transfer that interests you, and write more in depth about it.
There are three types of bacterial gene transfer: Conjugation, Transduction and Transformation. While each allows for gene transfer between individual cells, the mechanisms are very different. The goal today is to understand the general mechanism behind each, and to delve deeper into one system which you find interesting.
Some additional resources:
- Anon. Genetics - Medical Microbiology - NCBI Bookshelf. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7908/#A468. Accessed February 1, 2012.
- This is an excellent resource for going over bacterial genetics. It will be a useful site when building your milestone paper.
- Redfield RJ. Evolution of Bacterial Transformation: Is Sex With Dead Cells Ever Better Than No Sex at All? Genetics. 1988;119(1):213 -221.
- Isalan M, Lemerle C, Michalodimitrakis K, et al. Evolvability and hierarchy in rewired bacterial gene networks. Nature. 2008;452(7189):840-845.
- Kaiser, Dale. Cell-Cell Interactions. In: Volume 1: Symbiotic Associations, Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology. The Prokaryotes. New York: Springer-Verlang; 2011:221-245.
- This is an electronic book we have access to through our library.
- To access this book chapter, you will have to be logged into the library.
- The link takes you to the catalog entry. Scan down, and you will see "Online Access".
- When the page opens, look for Volume 1.
- You are looking for chapter 18 of volume 1.
- This chapter contains a lot of information, but all you really need to focus on are the comments about gene transfer.
Daily Challenge:
Provide a summary of mechanisms responsible for transduction, transformation and conjugation (there is enough to write a paragraph, minimum 3 sentences, about each form of gene transfer). Pick one form of gene transfer that interests you, and write more in depth about it.
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